CIVIL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT ANALYSIS IN THE UNITED STATES "THE JET AGE"

The paper deals with the investigations and investigative techniques for the total fatal U. S. air carrier turbojet accident experience from 1958 through 1975. Early series of 707 and DC-8 accidents are examined and analyzed along with certain recent wind shear accidents.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • AGARD Conf Proceeding, Aircraft Operating Experience and Its Impact on Safety and Survivability at the Flight Mech Panel Symposium, Sandefjord, Norway, 31 May-3 June 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  Advisory Group for Aeronautical Res & Dev - NATO

  7 Rue Ancelle
  92 Neuilly-sur-Seine,   France 
• Authors:
  • Anderson, C M
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 6 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation crashes; Aircraft; Civil aviation; Crash investigation; Crashes; Fatalities; Transport aircraft; Turbojet engines; Wind shear
• Identifier Terms: Boeing 707 aircraft; McDonnell Douglas aircraft; McDonnell Douglas DC-8
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172766
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 212, Paper 6 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1978 12:00AM